senator reid says the meeting was constructive. the president just came out from a statement about 20 minutes ago from the briefing room of the white house saying the time for immediate action is here and is now. he's urging senators reid and mcconnell to come up with some sort of a plan. if that does not work and they don't many up with a plan, his next option is to urge senator reid to put to the senate a simple up-or-down vote on a slimmed down plan that will prevent taxes from rising on middle class americans and based on unemployment insurance benefits. there you have it. that's the very latest at this point, again, senatored reid and mcconnell hard at work hopefully on some sort of a deal. and the next time we'll hear from the president will be on the "meet the press" on nbc. a lot could happen in the next 24/48 hours. >> this is a typical pattern of the president. outsourced obama care, outsourced the stimulus bill. left this to congress, to do all the major works he wanted, left it to them. now he's handing it over. he's th